JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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northlondon
Looks like Governer Morita's side parting has been severely singed by flying soy beans.
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northlondon
There are a lot of misinformed people posting on here about Mubarak and the current situation. Although corrupt, he seems a relatively balanced and independent individual in a regional hotbed of war and conflict. Mubarak replaced the pro-Israeli peace President Sadat when Sadat was assasinated for that very reason. Mubarak got Egypt back on board with the Arab world after they were kicked out of the Arab League for signing that peace treaty with Israel. However, Egyptian troops were also the first to attack the invading Iraqi forces in Kuwait and backing the US war in Kuwait. There again, Mubarak was the first to criticise Bush's war on Iraq warning of an escalation of terrorism in the wake of Bush's invasion of Iraq (and how sensible that criticism seems now).
And how can these demonstrations be described as democracy? I thought democracy involved a ballot box and a vote? How do we know whether these opposition activists are in the right? Otherwise every time an opposition party wanted to overthrow a government they just need to cause riots and claim democracy. These are opposition activists organising themselves via the internet and this sets a very dangerous precedent. Imagine if American or British or Japanese governments were determined by riots and demonstrations overthrowing the government.
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After that World Cup warmup match against Japan, England drew twice and won one game in their World Cup group which was a very weak group where the USA finished top. England were then hammered in the 2nd round by the Germans. Japan however, won twice and lost once to Holland in their group which was pretty tough in comparison with Holland, Cameroon and Denmark. Japan then only went out in the 2nd round after losing on penalties.
After the World Cup England's results have included losing at home to France and drawing at home to Montenegro in a European qualifying game. Japan meanwhile, have beaten Argentina and won the Asia Cup.
So why would England be rated higher than Japan?
Posted in: Japan rises into top 20 of FIFA rankings
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At least the All-Whites respect where their nation actually is, and remain within the Oceania confederation. Australia only weakened their own home federation by their own careerism. I believe that there is only 1 member of Australia's squad who plays in Asia (Kennedy), whilst the majority of the first team play in Europe. So where is the justification in FIFA allowing Australia to leave their continental association? If Australia were concerned by the difficulty of qualifying for the World Cup from Oceania's group, they could have requested a joint Asia/ Oceania qualifying campaign. Plus, they qualified for the last World Cup anyway? If they were concerned by a lack of competitive games, they could easily arrange internationals with European teams, seeing as most of their team live in Europe. Does this mean that Russia and Turkey will request a move to the Asian federation to make qualifying for the World Cup easier? Or Uruguay to CONCAF?
Posted in: Japan rises into top 20 of FIFA rankings
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I agree about the Japan friendly versus Argentina. But what have they done wrong since the World Cup last summer? They have certified their improvement since the World Cup by winning a very competitive Asia Cup this year. I am not so sure that England would be certainties to beat Japan if they played them now. Many of England's so-called stars (Terry, Lampard, Ferdinand, Barry) are off form and passing their peak. Meanwhile Japan are producing young players making a name for themselves (Kagawa, Honda, Nagatomo, Kawashima).
Posted in: Japan rises into top 20 of FIFA rankings
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These rankings are as big a joke as FIFA are. Japan should be above England (I'm English if you didn't already know). Japan only get to compare themselves properly with the likes of England once every 4 years. And Japan had a better tournament than England in South Africa. Since then Japan have beaten Argentina and won the Asia Cup beating South Korea and Australia along the way. And yet Japan are still behind England in the latest rankings. I can't help feeling that the old guard (England, Argentina etc) get to stay at a certain level in these rankings on their history alone. Argentina also had a disappointing World Cup and as mentioned above, have lost to Japan since then. Yet they also keep a high ranking.
Posted in: Japan rises into top 20 of FIFA rankings
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I have rarely seen the losing team line up in full and shake the hands of the winners. Formal handshakes before kick-off, yes. But at the end of a game you'll just have a few random handshakes on the pitch as they walk off. The Aussies made a point of doing this formally. And Cahill was very generous in his congratulations.
Posted in: Japan comes together under Zaccheroni at Asian Cup
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To be fair to Cahill and the rest of the Aussie team, they showed great respect by lining up to shake the hands of the Japanese at the end of the game. Cahill even made a point of walking over to congratulate the Japanese just before they received the cup.
Posted in: Japan comes together under Zaccheroni at Asian Cup
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I still can't get my head round some of this praise about Endo. Did I watch a completely different game last night?? Being magnificent in soccer in my book usually constitutes never losing possession of the ball, certainly not as many times as Endo did.
Posted in: Japan lifts Asian Cup with 1-0 win over Australia
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northlondon
Updated:-
"After an early exit from the World Cup and a decisive Ashes defeat, plus losing the Asia Cup Final to Japan.."
Posted in: Australians putting hopes on Asian Cup
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northlondon
So we'll just go on and on vowing revenge and killing each other. Creating widows and orphans and fueling extremist terrorism, a la George Bush and his Iraqi solution. A look at the history books will also show that the Russian military response went way overboard. Hence the hatred for them.
Posted in: Russian president fires police chief after bombing
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It's fine for the likes of Putin and Medvedev to shout rhetoric and send the army in. People like them will have tight security for the rest of their lives. It's only the normal Russian civilians who suffer at the hands of terrorism such as this. I am disagreeing with people who immediately start screaming for revenge. Revenge is what reminds people to kill each other. As an example, the black widow group who have been mentioned as possible suspects for this outrage are comprised of women widowed by the victims of war with the Russian army. If the Russian army stopped creating widows, there would be no more volunteers for the black widow terrorists.
Posted in: Russian president fires police chief after bombing
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AdamB,
So you agree with just-a-guys remedy then do you ? Revenge ? That'll stop the terrorism on public transport will it ?
Posted in: Russian president fires police chief after bombing
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northlondon
The very reason why terrorism such as this happens, is because of brainless gung-ho statements like the one above. If the Russian military had not gone to war in Chechnya and the like, then they would not have these extremist enemies.
Posted in: Russian president fires police chief after bombing
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northlondon
Hold on a minute. Surely the bloke at the top of the chain assumes responsibility ? If Medvedev is in power, then he is the one who employs all the security chiefs and the police chiefs ?
Posted in: Russian president fires police chief after bombing
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northlondon
Errmm, am I the only one wondering why a wild animal with a habit of biting people didn't receive a bullet ?
Posted in: Marauding monkey captured after daring cage break
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northlondon
I hope that Sepp Blatter's oil millions are sitting comfortably in his pocket this morning. A dictatorship continually under attack from independence terrorism being awarded high-profile sporting events.
Posted in: Suicide bomber kills 35 at Moscow airport
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northlondon
?? The only changes were Uchida being dropped and Honda coming back into the team after being alternated with Endo against the worst team in the tournament, Saudi Arabia. Honda being one of Japan's best players that is. Learn about the game before you make 'Macaroni Japan' jokes.
Posted in: Japan beats Qatar 3-2 to advance to semifinals of Asian Cup
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northlondon
Good point Des. You would have thought they could have worked that one after getting the World Cup bidding right.
Posted in: Japan beats Qatar 3-2 to advance to semifinals of Asian Cup
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northlondon
All 20,000 of them. Even the top 8 clubs in Englands second tier division achieve the same attendances.
Posted in: Japan beats Qatar 3-2 to advance to semifinals of Asian Cup